Professional Documents
Culture Documents
as commands or imperatives
Intended for use: to advise and
influence action
Used to appraise behavior, assign
consistentcy
Overridingness
Moral principles have predominant
authority and override other kinds of
principles
Take precedence over considerations
would be self-defeating
Practicability
A Moral Principle must be workable
and its rules must not lay a heavy
burden on us when we follow them
Rules must take human limitations
Action
Consequences
Character
Motive
Action
Actions are usually termed
right or wrong.
Is it in my interest to be moral?